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the Paradisus Londinensis, though Mr. Andrews professes to give only such as have not beea 
previously given fm any similar publication. ; ” 
Calycanthus fcrtilis of Walter, ferax of Michaux. As this author considers these ‘¢syno= 
Nymuus appellations equally good,” he did very right to give the preference tothe oldest; but 
unfortunately for him, no one, who pays any regard tg precision of language, will consider 
them either as synonymous or equally good. If Calycanthus floridus had really been sterile, 
wfectilis would have been the more proper’ name for this, but that not being the case, frraxy 
bearing abundantly, was certainly the preferable name to distinguish it from a plant bearing but 
little fruit. From this consideration, especially as Walter’s nomenclature has never been re- 
garded as of any authority, we should have preferred following the more scientific Michaux, 
“whose work must be the standard for North American plants, till the publication of a‘ more 
complete Flora of that vast country shall supersede it. 
Mesembryanthemum heterophyllum. We are here told that this species has considerable 
affinity with M. difforme, and some pains are taken to declare their distinctness. We should 
be more inclined to consider it as-a variety of M. edu/e. : 
Protea conifera. This is a particularly satisfactory drawing, as it. represents the plants in 
two different states. Mr. Salisbury has represented the same plant under.the name of Eurys- 
permum salicifedysm, without seeming to be atall aware that-it was the Protea conifera of 
Linnwus: We have no doubt, however, but it is here rightly named, being exactly similar 
to the figure of Breynius, in his Centuria, referred toin the Species Plantarum. This sy- 
nonym was, however, applied in Richard's edition to P. saligna, 
ew Ruelliainfundibuliformis.of Roxburgh: Crossandra undulefolia of Salisbury, who considers 
)it as coming nesrer to the frutescent: Acanthi .of Linnzus, than to. any species of Ruellia, 
But has chis plant really four two-celled anthers? Or has. each anther one cell only? In 
the latter case it ought to be considered as really diandrous with the lobes of the anther dis- 
tinct; and will then unite with Justicia, in several species of which the lobes of the anthers 
are bipartite or united at the base only. We have often occasion to regret the extreme in- 
*accuracy with which colours are named ; perhaps no two persons apply precisely the same 
ideas of colour to the given names; but surely no one else would have called the colour with 
which the fower is here painted. ‘* scarlet ;” we should say it was an orange-buff, Salisbury 
éalls it a dull orange colour. But in whatever way itis to be described, the colour is better 
represented by Mr, Andrews, than by Mr. Hooker. What the author.means by opposite al= 
ternate leaves, it is not worth while to stop to inquire. , 
Encrisw Botany, ourarrears in,the account-of which it is time to begin to pay off, con- 
tains in the July numbers, Salix Aerbacea, the Jeast of all shrubs, as Dr. Smith remarks, for 
although the stems are only aninch, or inch and half Jong, they are truly woody and peren- 
nial. Found in the highest mountains of Scotland, Cumberlaid, and Wales. 
Salix reticulata, another dioicous, diminutive willow, which from its elegantly reticulated 
. leaves isamong the most desirable of our alpine plants. » Populus tremula. The trembling 
Poplar or Aspin. The wood, itis here observed, ‘ is white, soft, light, of a fine grain.” 
This account corroborates Spenser’s remark, that it is fit for carving. pot 
«© The builder’s oak, sole King of Forests all ; 
The Aspen godd for statues ; the Cypress funeral.” ; 
Populus nigra; the black Poplar. Both these species, it is observed by Dr. Smith, will 
_ grow in dry, gravelly ground. - In gravelly ground we know they will, but, we suspect, not 
if dry. ‘The truth is, ina gravelly soil, though the surface be.dry, the springs frequently 
lie at a very little depth. 
The August number contains Festuca cwsia; g/auca of Curtis, which last name ought to 
have been retained ; this plant having been long ago observed and cultivated by Curtis, and 
the name given tothe public, and though overlooked by Mr. Winch, this is no reason for 
changing the name, especially as no Festuca glauca Occurs in the, Flora Britannica. Festuca 
_:triflera, Bromus triforus of Linnzeus; found once only by Mr. Crowe. Dr. Smith supposes 
.3t may have been overlooked by less accurate observers for the Bromus giganteus L. from 
- which he says it is essentially distinguished by having but three, or at most four florets in 
_ each calyx, anda more spread and less drooping panicle. We do not dispute these plants being 
_ geally different species, but can hardly allow the circumstances here mentioned to be essential 
distinctions ; well knowing that difference of soil will make a considerable variation in the 
. number of florets ip mast of these grasses, as the period of growth will in the spreading of the 
Panicle. oer 
Chenopodium bybridum. This being the most rare of all.the British Chenopodia, we were 
greatly disappointed in the figure, which is taken froma most miserable specimen, express- 
_ fagneither its habit, nor the shape of the leaves. ‘ 
Carex elongata, discovered by Mr. Jonathan Salt, near the river Donn, below Sheffield, and 
now for the first time enumerated as indigenons to Britain. : ee 
, In the September number we find, Hyacinthus racemosus, or Starch Hyacinth, - Now fouad 
epapparently wild in several parts of England, but prébubly of garden introduction, Itdoes is 
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